2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships are the 47th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, scheduled to be held from 26 December 2022 to 5 January 2023. They were originally scheduled to be hosted by Novosibirsk and Omsk, Russia, but Russia's hosting rights were pulled in February 2022 in condemnation of the country's invasion of Ukraine. A new host city has yet to be announced.

2023 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Dates26 December 2022 – 5 January 2023
Teams10
← 2022
2024 →

Background

On 23 May 2018, the IIHF announced Novosibirsk, Russia as host city.[1] Novosibirsk was to host Group A matches, while the city of Omsk was to host Group B matches.[2][3]

In February 2022, in condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called for Russia to be stripped of hosting rights to all international sporting events.[4] Russia's hosting of the World Juniors and 2023 IIHF World Championship was scheduled to be discussed in a meeting of the IIHF council on 28 February 2022.[5]

On 28 February 2022, the IIHF suspended Russia and Belarus from international ice hockey until further notice, and stripped Russia of its hosting rights for the World Junior Championships.[6] In late-March 2022, Sportsnet NHL insider Jeff Marek reported that the IIHF had considered Canada as a possible host country for the tournament, which would make it the third consecutive World Junior Championship to be hosted in the country (the previous two tournaments have been hosted in Alberta with Edmonton as the main host city, but were held behind closed doors and postponed to August 2022 respectively due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[7][8] On March 31, 2022, the tourism departments of Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (which co-hosted the 2010 tournament) declared an intent to submit a bid to Hockey Canada.[8]

In April 6, 2022, Quebec city and Trois-Rivières submit an official application, and are to this day considered favorite to host the tournament.

Top Division

Division I

Group A

Group B

Division II

Group A

References
  1. "IIHF - Kazakhstan, Japan get top events". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. "Цена новой арены «Авангарда» осталась на уровне 12 млрд руб". Ведомости.Спорт (in Russian). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. "Russia to play 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship matches in Novosibirsk". www.insidethegames.biz. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  4. "Strip Russia and Belarus of events and do not display their flags, says IOC". Inside the Games. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  5. Stephens, Mike. "IIHF to Hold Meeting on Russia's Future at International Events". The Hockey News. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. "IIHF Council takes definitive action over Russia, Belarus". IIHF. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. "Canada asked to host 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  8. "Saskatoon and Regina submitting joint bid to host 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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